SOURCES SOUGHT Type of Notice: Sources Sought Notice Number: BEP-16-RFI-0308 Short description of supply or service: Currency Straps PCS or FSC Code: 9310 NAICS Code: 424130 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Response Date: April 21, 2016, 12 midnight EST Primary Point of Contact: Tonya M. Sullivan Title of POC: Contract Specialist Secondary Point of Contact (optional): Kathleen Barton, Contracting Officer Description: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice (hereinafter Notice). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, request for bids or quotations, nor, a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB); 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses (WOSB); economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, (EDWOSB) or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this potential requirement. The NAICS code for this sources sought is 424130. If a vendor feels that another NAICS code is more appropriate, please discuss that in your capability response. Responses to this Notice will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether or not a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this Notice." The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has a requirement for Currency Straps and Bundle bands. BEP produces US Currency bank notes for the Federal Reserve banks. The BEP has two locations, one in Washington DC called the Eastern Currency Facility (ECF) and one in Fort Worth, Texas called the Western Currency Facility (WCF). Part of the currency production process is to place a paper band around the reserve notes to indicate denomination. The proposed acquisition is for a single award, multiple year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with fixed price (FP) line items and a five year period of performance. See attached requirement specifications. Responses to this Notice should include the following: 1. Information regarding pricing, delivery, other market information, or capabilities for planning purposes; to include: a. Pricing: Are there Volume discounts, prompt payment discounts? Is contract financing involved? Payment methodology? b. Delivery: Material Lead Times, c. Commercial practices (e.g. warranty, limitation of liability, etc.). d. Respondents' possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts regarding the product or service in question; e. Commercial practices regarding industry evaluation of or measuring performance; f. Environmental Health & Safety requirements g. Green products or services, bio based product and/or energy efficient requirements; h. Place of manufacture; 2. Respondent's DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; 3. Identification of any GSA schedule numbers and SIN category they may possess; 4. Any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the requirements. 5. Vendor's technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. The point of contact for this Notice is: Tonya M. Sullivan, Email:
[email protected] Email responses to this Notice shall be sent to the attention of individual listed above. Due date for responses are no later than April 21, 2016 12 midnight EST This Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. All costs associated with responding to this Notice are solely at the responding party's expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Further, the Government may contact the vendor for additional information regarding the information submitted as part of this market research effort. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The BEP will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this notice. Responses to the notice will not be returned. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). If so, respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and identifying such information within their response. Set Aside: Small Business Archiving Policy: Manual Allow Vendors to Add/Remove from Interested Vendors: Yes Allow Vendors to View Interested Vendors List: Yes [X] Reviewed for Transmission Bernadine Wyatt Small Business Specialist [X] Approved for Transmission Kathleen Barton Contracting Officer